In a few hours he would be flying to France. He would be staying there for at least a year-|||-to learn another language and experience life in a different country-|||-Before his college graduation,one day I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn`t take-|||-a year or two off to travel when I finished college. This is the best way,to my way of thinking,to broaden oneself-|||-and develop a lager perspective on life. Once I had married and begun working,I found that the eagerness of-|||-living in another culture had disappeared.-|||-Daniel thought about this.His friends said that he would be insane to put his career on hold.But he decided-|||-it was not so crazy.After graduation, he worked as a waiter at college, a bike messenger and a house painter.-|||-With the money he earned,he had enough to go to Paris.-|||-Last night,I tossed in bed,unable to sleep.It was a transitional time in Daniel`s life,a passage,a step from-|||-college into the adult world.I wanted to leave him some words that would have some meaning, some significance-|||-beyond the moment.I failed. Nothing came to my mind. Maybe,I thought,it wasn`t necessary to say anything.-|||-But I knew that it was necessary. My father and I loved each other.Yet,I always regretted never hearing-|||-him put his feelings into words and never having the memory of that moment.-|||-Now,as I stood before Daniel,still nothing came from my lips.No sound broke the stillness of my beach-|||-side home. Outside,I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever-changing surf of Long Island.-|||-Inside,I stood frozen and quiet,looking into the searching eyes of my son.-|||-(江苏省常州市2021届高三上学期期中检测)-|||-Paragraph 1:-|||-What made it more difficult was that I knew this was not the first time I had let such a moment pass. __-|||-Paragraph 2:-|||-Paragraph 2:-|||-Thinking of those lost opportunities,now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. __